Maly Trastsianiets extermination camp (see alternate spellings), located near a small village on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, was the site of a Nazi extermination camp.
Originally built in the summer of 1941, on the site of a Soviet kolkhoz, as a concentration camp, to house Soviet prisoners of war who had been captured following the German attack on the Soviet Union which commenced on Ju...

Victims of the Nazis during the Holocaust
קרבנות הנאצים בשואה
This project's mission is to list the names of the victims of the Nazis during the Holocaust to show that these victims are not just an anonymous mass, but were, and some still are, millions of human beings with ...

This project focuses on bringing together all of the profiles of people buried at one of the world's most famous military cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
Since its establishment on June 28, 1864, Arlington has become the final resting place for about 400,000 veterans and their immediate family members. Veterans and military casualties from each o...

[ ]The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly referred to simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1842, it is one of the six Senior Military Colleges in the United States. It has 17 academic departments divided into five schools offering 19 majors and 35 minors. The core day program co...

World War II
Allied leaders of World War II
Axis Leaders of World War ll
Military Commanders of World War ll
World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and th...

World War I (WWI) , predominantly called the World War or the Great War was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Tri...

World War II , or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2 ), was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people servi...

American politicians are people who are professionally involved in politics in the United States.
Related projects
Continental Congress
United States Cabinet members
United States Presidents and Vice Presidents
United States Senators

This is not a serious 'historical' project, rather a place to highlight issues that Geni could address, and make however absurd suggestions! Please keep the contents positive and Geni Software related.
Everyone is welcome to join, but please do not edit any of the existing items. Add your suggestions, if not in duplicate, at the bottom. Please ask one of the existing Collaborators.
1. Pleas...

The genealogy of Mordechai Margolis of Kalwarija, Lithuania has been researched in depth by Dr. Neil Rosenstein in his out-of-print book The Margolis Family (1984). Update: This book is now available in digital form at Center for Jewish History Digital Collections (350 MB download).
Ironically, my family did not have a copy of this book and I finally managed to get my hands on it after I had ...

While we have the Frankel family tree on Geni, it's not that easy to navigate for casual user family members. I plan to use this project to document the various households that are in the Revision Lists and show how they are related to one another and to us, their descendants.
There are some mysteries, such as how two other Frankel families who are cousins and married into my branch of the fa...

'"...On the 22nd of June, 1941, the Nazis attacked Lithuania but the news didn't reach Radnitsa until the next day when the refugees from Liskovo and Lipen arrived. There was nowhere to run, however, as the Nazis had already taken Vilna and the Kaunas fortress. Everyone stayed in their own homes. The Nazis, may their names be blotted out, used the Radnitsers for slave labor, clearing out forest...

Update: I visited several of these towns in June 2012. I'll add photographs to the project, but for the most part, I could not learn anything from the cemeteries. Either they were destroyed, or impassable, or the stones were mostly illegible.
This project will look at marriages from the late 18th century to the early 20th century between various families residing in the Suwalki District of wh...

This project is to document the Jewish families who lived in these towns in the late 18th, 19th centuries and early 20th centuries. Obviously there are families who started elsewhere and moved in this area, such as the Myszkowski family, as well as families split between two or three of these towns, especially Grajewo and Rajgrod.
Grajewo [Pol], Grayavah [Yid], Graevo [Rus], Grayeve, Grayev...

A lighthouse keeper is the person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Keepers were needed to trim the wicks, replenish fuel, wind clockworks and perform maintenance tasks such as cleaning lenses and windows. Electrification and other automated improvements such as remote monitoring an...

Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, coeducational, historically black, research university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, one of the Oldest public universities in the United Stat...

Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II.
It was the largest of the German concentration camps, consisting of-:
Auschwitz I (the Stammlager or base camp);
Auschwitz II–Birkenau (the Vernichtungslager o...

Please add the profiles of the chirugeons, physicans, midwives, apothecaries and bonesetters who were our earliest doctors. Collaborators, feel free to update the page and add resource materials.
Please note:
40% of the physicians in the early colonies were women. Midwives at this time were considered doctors.
18th Century American Medicine
From
In 18th Century England, there were thr...

The idea of this project is to include "all" refugees from the Holocaust who managed to emigrate from Europe to safe countries, and to connect these immigrants to their families in Europe.
Holocaust & Reich Refugees & Emigrés 1933-1945
List of Project Profiles
Nazi Regime GenocideTimeline , Interactive Timeline
The German Nazi persecution started with the Nazi boycott of Jewi...

This was one of the many wars that made up the French and Indian Wars. See the Master Project Indian Wars
The summary is taken from French and Indian War and Atlas of the North American Indian, Revised Edition, 2000.
French and Indian War
What most historians call the French and Indian War was really the final conflict in a long series of wars among the the European colonial powers for wo...

1918 Influenza pandemic- USA: Fatalities
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. K...

The British Peers and Baronets Project seeks to bring together all persons in (or from) the United Kingdom with hereditary titles, excluding monarchs (who are already compiled under the " English and British Monarchs " Project).
The term "British" in this context is understood to include all titled peers and baronets in the United Kingdom (this includes all of Great Britain -- England, Scotla...

Conventions for Profile Management on the South African branch of the "World Family Tree" (WFT)
The Naming Conventions outlined in this project, with the supporting documents and images, are currently in format (ver 3-2) . These are in line with:
Coalition for the Standardization of GENi Naming Conventions
Naming Conventions Wiki
They follow the method suggested by GENi head - Noah ...

Purpose:
Project to determine which geni.com profiles have been involved in a large number of merges. Please include profiles that have 100+ managers or more by adding them to the project.
Possible Uses:
Performance benchmark tests
Researching collaborative genealogy trends
Possible profiles that need profile locking or curator following.
Draw attention to geni.com's goal of one p...

Tracing ancestors in The Netherlands and Flanders.
(This portal is associated with the Portaal voor Nederlandstaligen , the portal for Dutch speaking Geni users)
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This is the access point for the global Geni user community to the Dutch speaking users and Dutch-language sources. This portal helps you to find...
Dutch-speaking users who can help you with your research
access to onlin...

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The United States Army (USA) is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces that performs land-based military operations. It is also the largest overall and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services. The modern army has its roots in the Continental Army which was formed on 14 June 1775,[5] to meet the demands of the American Revol...

RMS Lusitania Cabin passengers
This a sub project of the RMS Lusitania project , the passenger list below is currently used as a worksheet while we are in the process of adding profiles. Here you can check if the profile you would like to add is added already Profiles currently on Geni :
Please add profiles with a link if they can be found on Geni Information about the second class (Cabin) ...

RMS Lusitania
On May 7, 2015 it will be 100 years ago the Lusitania disaster took place. This project aims to identify and list the survivors and casualties of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania . The Lusitania project will become an ongoing project with the aim to build all passenger family-trees
Overview
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania , of the Cunard Line After being torpedoed off the I...

World War ll - American
Many of our family members, from around the world, had served in this massive campaign. Whether they had served in Europe, Africa, Asia or the Pacific, they are all a part of history. The purpose of this group is to bring them all together in one place.

The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world. While it was originally constituted as a citizen militia serving on active duty in defense of the northern British colonies, it has become, over the centuries primarily an honor guard and a social and cerem...

Please add your pill rolling, potion brewing ancestors to this project. From the project page, actions > add profiles; from the profile, actions > add to project. Profiles must be set to public. Collaborators, feel free to add resources (images, documents, links) and add more collaborators.
From Going Medieval: The Revival of "Apothecary"
"Apothecary" is a very old word indeed. It first app...

Wake Forest University=Wake Forest University is a private, independent, nonprofit, non-sectarian, coeducational research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtow...

Eagle Scouts=Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program division of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since it was first awarded to Arthur Rose Eldred on August 21, 1912, Eagle Scout has been earned by more than two million young men. The list below includes notable recipients. The title of Eagle Scout is held for life, thus giving rise to the phrase "Once an Eagle, a...

The justice system in the United States is one of the most unique in the world. It consists of two separate levels of courts, state and federal, that can peacefully co-exist under the concept of federalism . The type of court that a case is tried in depends on the law, state or federal, that was allegedly violated. Most of the laws that govern our day-to-day living are state laws; violations of...

in progress, but not closed yet or ever... and bring your friendly -not-german speaking, but with origines in germany-europe with you. any invitation if serious is to be honoured here, so don't stay alone!
BRUNNEN - not sorted yet, but it's a start !
... FamilySeach'i German sources
German archives

In memory of those who served in World War I.
Links and other resources
Last Known WWI Vet Dead at 110 , Florence Green served as a mess steward in the Women's Royal Air Force.
Welsh history of World War One to go online
Rainbow Division Roster
Interesting Americans with WW1 Connections
Alice Bright, Lady Lowther , was the joint hon. secretary of the American Women’s Wa...

This project is a beginning introduction study of knights in genealogy. The mission is to help form a foundation of such membership and understanding of the family lines source for below:
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country, especially in a military capacity. Historically, in Europe, knightho...

Notable and Celebrity passengers
Among the people who died there were many famous and wealthy Americans and Europeans who for many different reasons chose to make the Atlantic crossing at such a dangerous time. Of the roughly 1,200 people who perished, the following are worthy of mention:
Frances McIntosh Stephens , a Montréal socialite and wife of Canadian politician George W. Ste...

Veterans and Survivors of World War I
Image right - Harry Patch the last British army veteran of World War I who died aged 111 in 2009
This project is dedicated to everyone who served during World War I .. and survived. It is a global project.
veteran - noun
- a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force; a vetera...

World War I ( WWI ) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based o...

World War One: Armed Forces - England
The British Army during World War I was fought by units which were made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts—at the beginning of the conflict.
Because of the numbers involved this project is one of a number of projects where GENi profiles of World War One armed forces can be added.
This project aims to honour those born ...

World War One: United Kingdom & Ireland exercise
Head Quarters
Object of this exercise
To link existing GENi profiles of WW1 personnel (survivors and casualties) to the relevant projects for men and women born in the Channel Island, England, Ireland,Scotland and Wales. This includes people born in other parts of the world into families from those countries (for example servicemen servin...

Find A Grave is a free online resource for finding the final resting place of family, friends, and famous individuals. With millions of names and photos, it is an invaluable tool for the genealogist and family history buff.
Content and features
Find A Grave memorials can contain rich content including photos, biographies and dates. Members can submit listings to the website and place reques...

Servicemen - British/Colonial
This project is an extension of the The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) Notable British Armed Forces . The focus of that project is to feature the prominent figures of the war. This project is dedicated to the lower ranks of the British Armed Forces. Please link GENi profiles of "foot-soldiers" who fought in the Anglo-Boer War to this project. Please also share intere...

The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. It ultimately ended with the Americans defeating the Spaniards. Revolts against Spanish rule had been endemic for decades in Cuba and were closely watched by Americans; there had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873. By 1897–98, American public opinion grew angrier at reports...

RMS Lusitania Band members
This a sub project of the RMS Lusitania project , the crew list below is currently used as a worksheet while we are in the process of adding profiles. Here you can check if the profile you would like to add is added already Profiles currently on Geni :
Please add profiles with a link if they can be found on Geni Information about the Band Members can be found here...

This project seeks to collect all of the jewish families form Bratislava, Slovakia (also knows in German as Pressburg or Preßburg, and in Hungarian as Pozsony).
Bratislava is located near the Austrian border on the Danube River. Jews first settled in the city in the late 13th century. Over the years, the Jewish community was expelled from the city on several occasions, specifically in ...

52°01' N 16°32' E 190 mi W of Warszawa. A small town in Poland that was the birthplace of 48 Jewish citizens who were lost in the Holocaust. Most had moved to larger cities by the 1930's, many to Berlin.
From Yad Vashem here is a list of the 48 people:
Becker, Sally 1887 Berlin, Germany‎ List of deportation ... Murdered
Bermann, Marta 1875 Schmiegel, Poland ...

The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America (or "Confederacy") while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America. On February 28, 1861, t...

Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been an integral part of American culture since the Colonial period and have immeasurably shaped the Republic through their leadership, altruism, public service, and character. Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and are small-town members working in their own communit...

This is the master project for Freemasons on Geni.
Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been an important part of Western culture for centuries and have immeasurably shaped the world through their leadership, altruism, public service, and character. Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and are small-town...

Hello!! "Welkom Cuzzins" is the SA Master Page , providing links to all the other South African based projects as a Help Page, Index of SA Projects, Historical Timeline and Communication portal.
Tip Click on the 'Follow' button in the top right hand corner of the page if you want to join the SA Geni cuzzin community.
We've also got a Facebook page for SA Geni users - to keep everyone up...

Best selling author A.J. Jacobs (“AJ”) hopes that you can connect with him, now, in the Geni World Family Tree, and invites you to attend the Global Family Reunion in 2015 where you can jointly break the Guinness world record for the world’s largest family reunion ever. This will be a fun day with presentations by celebrities and famous scientists, music, comedy, games, int...

See projekt on mõedud nendele kellel on sugulased välismaal või on elanud välismaal. Ka nendele kes üldse ei ole olnud Eestis ja on sugulased siin.
Kõik kogemused ja sündmused on huvitavad.
Keel ei pruugi olla eesti keel.
This project is intended for those who have relatives abroad or has lived abroad. Also, for those who have not been in E...

The entertainment industry has provided the world with film, television and music for decades. In 1958, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began honoring those individuals who have made significant contribution to the media with stars on Hollywood Blvd. at Highland Avenue. Since then, over two thousand stars have been placed on the Walk of Fame recognizing individuals, both living and deceased, ...

Lawrence G. Green was a prolific author and raconteur who wrote stories about people and places, mostly in Southern Africa. Some of his books can useful in family history research, as they mention family members, or places where they lived. Purpose of Project : To index the books of Lawrence G.Green and to link the names to GENi profiles.

This project identifies individuals connected to the town of Gaya (Kyjov) in the Hodonín district of Southern Moravia . Individuals who lived in Gaya and its surrounding villages, or who were raised in families with immediate connections to the town, will be tagged here.
A list entitled Namen das Familianten appears in the Czech Jewish Registers volume on "Kyjov, #931: N [births] 1818,...

Official Web Site =This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin

Educators
Image Right - Aristotle ((384 BC – 322 BC)
An educator is a person who teaches, informs or inspires others.
Please add information about educators of renown to the list below. If the person has a profile on Geni please add their profile to the project and add the link in bold .
To participate in any project
- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join t...

Please add known Cambridge alumni to this project. Collaborators, feel free to update the project, add resources ... And more collaborators.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally known as "Cambridge University" or simply as "Cambridge") is a collegiate research university located in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.
Originally founded in 1209, it is the secon...